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Entries from December 2004

Indonesia Flag Hanging Low

December 31st, 2004 · No Comments · Travel Blog

I was in Bandung isolated from world news when my friends and family sent me text messages asking if I was affected by the earthquake in Sumatra. What earthquake, I asked my wife. And where is Sumatra? My wife told me that Sumatra is nearer to Singapore than Bandung and it was my turn to [...]

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3 New Songs + Great Photos

December 28th, 2004 · No Comments · Songwriting

It has been a productive trip so far. I have taken some great photos and written 3 songs so far. My idea is that once I am back to Singapore, I will select some of my most beloved pictures and post them in my website and let people vote for the best photo.
Back to my [...]

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Commuting in Indonesia

December 24th, 2004 · No Comments · Travel Blog

It took me 1 hour and 15 mins to fly from Singapore to Jakarta. It took me 2 hours to travel from the airport to the hotel which is located at the Central Business District via taxi. It took me 6 and a half hours to travel from Jakarta to Bandang in my brother-in-law’s car.
It [...]

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An Advice by Kathleen Carey, The Publisher

December 21st, 2004 · 2 Comments · Music Journal

Kathleen Carey is the senior vice president of Song/ATV Music Publishing and in Roger Love’s Set Your Voice Free, her advice for aspiring musicians who would like to make it in the music business was:
“… Most important, stay true to yourself and in terms of expressing your own individual gift, and don’t water it down [...]

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Good Voices Are Made Of These

December 20th, 2004 · 1 Comment · Music Journal

Well, actually I don’t know what good voices are made of. According to the book, there are different stages in singing technique breakthrough. Basically, one will encounter of cycles of improvement, setback, and breakthrough.
Yesterday was actually a setback. I hated my voice throughout the jamming session and I hated my vocal recording prior to the [...]

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WilfridWong.com ranked 1st in Google

December 19th, 2004 · No Comments · Diary

This is so cool! Google rocks! I haven’t even submited my website to Google (and I did submit to Yahoo! and still waited for it to crawl to my website).
I am a happy man …
This is so cool! Google rocks! I haven’t even submited my website to Google (and I did submit to Yahoo! and [...]

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24 Heineken Beer Caps

December 19th, 2004 · No Comments · Diary

Finally, I have collected 24 Heineken Beer Caps that are qualified to exchange for a set of small glasses. Considering that out of 6 bottles of Heineken beer I bought each time, I have an average of 4.5 qualifying caps, I must have drank 32 bottles of Heineken beer. That, is a whole lot of [...]

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It is Christmas! And here are two songs for you …

December 19th, 2004 · 5 Comments · Music Journal

It is Christmas time (and see how happy my wife Cynthia was to receive a gift from a party)! Here is something for you all - two songs that I have recorded just for this festival. I hope that these songs can touch your hearts and to be reminded what Christmas is all about besides [...]

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A Christmas Gift for Myself

December 17th, 2004 · No Comments · Memorable Events - good or bad

I am so happy. Finally I have got myself an electric classical guitar. It is an Alhambra and I just love the sound of it so much. The guitar itself is a true beauty. Although it is 50% above my budget, it is well worth it. The pick-up sound is just fantastic especially played through [...]

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A Song That Goes On And On

December 16th, 2004 · No Comments · I See I Write

LC introduced me to DJ Tiestos’s Close To You. And she is right. You can just keep playing this song again and again and keep on wanting more. It is true. For the entire day, I listen to nothing but Close To You. I grew so addict to the artist that I actually bought one [...]

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